They came for the music and left with the message

By: Heather Gilberds On Saturday, September 10th, Accountability Lab Liberia’s work attracted hundreds of young people to a town hall in Kakata, the capital city of Margibi county, where they gathered to listen to the latest songs from their favorite Hip Co artists. Hip Co music is uniquely Liberian—a form of hip hop that emerged in the 1980's but gained popularity among youth in post-war Liberia. Hip Co artists rap in “Colloqua”, the colloquial form of Liberian English, and the songs have a political bent, describing social ills, lamenting the causes of poverty, or calling out corrupt politicians and public [...]

2016-09-19T00:00:00+00:0019th September 2016|

Nuwakot: Land Of Dreamers And Healers

By: Brittany Wait, Visual Storytelling Fellow in Nepal Walk with me... ...through Kharanitar, a rural village in the Nuwakot district of Nepal still rebuilding after the 2015 earthquakes. We spent two days working alongside Nepali nonprofit, Visible Impact, educating 15 local girls on accountability and activism. One of our accountapreneurs, Medha Sharma, its president and CEO, and her associate Sharmila Acharya, took Samita and I along with them. After an eventful ride, in which got stuck in mud and had to move boulders from a recent flash flood out of the way, we arrived. There, we met our colleague Suresh Chand and [...]

2016-09-09T00:00:00+00:009th September 2016|

Helping Liberians In Proper Voter Decision-Making: Accountability Lab-Liberia’s Worthy Initiative

This article was originally published by the Daily Observer. The most important act in any election anywhere is not how much money is spent on election preparations, how well they are organized or how much rhetoric and cash candidates spend to woo voters. What is rather more central, critical, compelling in any election is the decision or those decisions each voter will make inside that voting booth. The fundamental question facing the voter will be who to vote for. Should I vote for a crook, a hypocrite, a selfish and corrupt candidate who only wooed me with a bag of [...]

2016-06-23T00:00:00+00:0023rd June 2016|

Foreign Missions Endorse Vote Awareness Campaign

By: Joaquin Sendolo. This article was originally published by Liberia's Daily Observer. British Ambassador to Liberia David Belgrove has promised to support Accountability Lab-Liberia in its campaign to sensitize Liberians how to make proper decisions in the upcoming 2017 presidential and general elections. Accountability Lab-Liberia last Friday launched a music video titled, “Whom to Vote For,” which aims to reach Liberians in all parts of the country, sensitizing them about their right to vote and how to properly utilize their votes to reverse the poor representation and leadership they had experienced in the past. Prior to the formal launching of the [...]

2016-06-20T00:00:00+00:0020th June 2016|

On top of the world: the first ever Integrity Idol

This article was originally published by Apolitical. The Nepalese civil servant who quadrupled school pass rates The world’s first ever winner of Integrity Idol has spoken to Apolitical about his victory – and how he raised the pass rate of school pupils in his district from 14% to more than 60% in a single year. Modelled on TV talent shows like Pop Idol, Integrity Idol celebrates public servants who have displayed outstanding dedication to the common good. Now spreading to several countries, it started in Nepal in 2014, where the inaugural winner was District Education Officer Gyan Mani Nepal. Schools [...]

2016-06-15T00:00:00+00:0015th June 2016|

Pehlaaj holds interactive theatre on corruption

This article was originally published by Pakistan Today. Pehlaaj -Theatre for Social Change Organisation held an interactive theatre show at Faiz Ghar on the subject of corruption on Saturday. Students of different educational institutions were among the audience. Naeema Butt, theatre founder and an “accountaprenuer” in the US-based Accountability Lab Incubation Centre, held the session aiming at empowering the citizens to build the world’s best tools for integrity. “So, do you think the corruption is something that is practiced only in government offices?” she asked the audience, after several responses that government departments and politicians were corrupt. The workshop, which [...]

2016-06-05T00:00:00+00:005th June 2016|

Politics, Persistence, & Publicity – transforming education in Pakistan

By: Rafia Malik, Fayyaz Yaseen, and Syed Kauser Abbas. This blog post was originally published by Making All Voices Count.   In 2015, Accountability Lab won one of the top spots in Making All Voices Count's Global Innovation Competition with their project that brings tech-savvy youth activists together with Pakistan's open data movement.   A year on, the team discuss one of their biggest successes - unblocking funding for building colleges in Punjab - and why they think that we must invest in better public campaigns; in time to build government relationships; and  in understanding that "success is as much about perseverance as innovation".   Last year, through the [...]

2016-05-23T00:00:00+00:0023rd May 2016|

Liberia: Using Music to Enlighten the Youth On Why It Is Important to Vote

By: Claudia Smith. This article was originally published by the Daily Observer. "I believe we are to know who to vote for in other for us to have a better nation or society, despite the poverty and hardship we are faced with. We shouldn't be carried away by politicians with mere talks to gain their selfish desires" Once again, voting time is near. Sadly, many don't know why they or should cast their vote; they vote because of the benefits and money that they feel belong to voting. Trying to change these perspectives, two talented artists, who have been working [...]

2016-05-19T00:00:00+00:0019th May 2016|

President Sirleaf Calls for Accountable, Responsible, Professional Media

President Sirleaf making remarks at the Media Law and Regulatory Conference in Monrovia. Photo Credit: James M.Garresen / Executive Mansion This article was originally published by the Executive Mansion. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has opened a Two-Day “Media Law and Regulatory Reform Stakeholders’ Conference in Monrovia According to an Executive Mansion release, the two-day conference is being organized at the behest of Internews (Liberia Media Development Program) in partnership with Albany Associates of the UK, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) and Accountability Lab aimed at leading the media law and regulatory reform agenda of a democratically transitioning [...]

2016-05-10T00:00:00+00:0010th May 2016|

Honesty Oscars 2016 Winners

What a campaign this year! We’ve had the chance to honor fantastic artists making waves in this anti-corruption space. Without further ado, here are your 2016 Honesty Oscars winners! Best Photo: Tony Maake- A South African photographer who beautifully brought to light the water crisis in South African villages. See the photo up close here.   Best Film: The Battle for Land- This film, by Human Pictures, captures the perils of forced mass displacement in Colombia and speaks to the “dark side of progress” and development. Watch the trailer here.   Best Song: Stop the Bleeding- This raw and emotional [...]

2016-03-01T00:00:00+00:001st March 2016|
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